So does this mean that the NEXT retrofits will also include new BSI sidewalls as well? It will still have the classic sidewalls, but it will look closer to the MAXes than it would to the old interior because the sidewalls are white The big benefit once the retrofits are done is all the max 8s and -...
Jump to postHow does pilot staffing/logistics work for these repositioning flights to 3rd party vendors at airports with no commercial service? As simple as uber from Lake Charles to MSY or Fort Worth to DFW? Would venture to guess these are not desired assignments...unlike the hamburg trip which must be senio...
Jump to postAll the A321 NEOs can easily fly transcon and it also appears that all the UA 321s will be ETOPS equipped given the ETOPS placard on the nose gear doors of the first airframe. Are any of the current UAL 320s/319s ETOPS certified? Wouldn’t be surprised if the 48xx (319) fleet purchased from overseas...
Jump to postUA is taking on both the Max-10 and A321neo (exclude xlr) for their domestic network. Doesn't that ruin fleet commonality? No, because 737 and 320 pilot pools already exist at UA. Adding the 350 introduces another pilot pool that United currently doesn’t have, adding cost and complexity to an airli...
Jump to post401-412 are useless in IAH/Florida (where they mostly reside) in the summer with frequent thunderstorms requiring much more than minimum regulatory fuel. Having recently returned on Ship 408 RSW-IAH when those big storms were hovering around Houston, we took about an hour delay at RSW and then almo...
Jump to post7267 well ferry SEA-EWR
7272 will ferry SEA-IAH
Both have completed induction
The aircraft might of been over fueled above maximum landing weight. Instead of attempting to de-fuel, they might just be flying to burn it off. It is often easier to just burn it than try to find an empty tanker, de-fuel, and use the fuel in another Spirit aircraft. Wouldn't that have been a much ...
Jump to postThe aircraft might of been over fueled above maximum landing weight. Instead of attempting to de-fuel, they might just be flying to burn it off. It is often easier to just burn it than try to find an empty tanker, de-fuel, and use the fuel in another Spirit aircraft.
Jump to post738 GUM based fleet: N73299 appears to have re-entered GUM based services 2800/29Oct. Current GUM based fleet is eight 738s. Just out of curiosity, is there any reason why UA only sends older 738s to fly out of Guam as opposed to some of the newer ones with Sky Interior? The newer 737-800’s are the...
Jump to postHypothetically, what would happen if an airline were to refuse? Would people with guns come by and make off with the airplane? I can’t see how the “compel” part of the CRAF would work.. And risk the bad press that they refused to help move people, an effort clearly in the public interest? It’s not ...
Jump to postMinimum requirement would be for ATC, ground based navaid, airport operations, fire and rescue, customs, quarantine, and terminal/cargo security. It’s a weird requirement. I’m a center controller. We have plenty of airports with no towers that get dozens of IFR flights a day And how many of those I...
Jump to postThey are landing runway 1 at DCA, with an approximately 9 knot tailwind on a wet runway. Landing an A321 with those conditions probably isn't the most prudent decision given the short runways.
Jump to postSurprised he wasn't on N138DE, that lovely ERJ. At any rate, glad to hear everyone is ok. Interesting aviation day we are having today. N138DE is not owned by JR Motorsports. I think Ganassi Racing who merged Dale Earnhardt INC Racing back in 2008 currently operates that aircraft. It's registered t...
Jump to postA319 4052 will exit AMA with a fresh coat of paint 3-24 as flight 2732 AMA-EWR
Jump to postLet’s see, first, you need 6 crew, possibly 7 if third pilot. Second, substract about 450 nm for international reserves, then subtract about the same or more for westbound headwinds and high temp devs. Realistically, a 3800 nm plane. Plenty for DUB, SNN, LIS, MAD, KEF, OSL, but not BER, MUC, STR, N...
Jump to postAircraft 3727 exits SFO tonight for IAH as a domestic configured 737-700, aircraft 3732 enters SFO tonight. Not sure what the plan is for 3732.
Jump to postOn first contact with SYD approach, ATC said they copied their mayday, and they read back copied mayday. What is your international command experience level? Again you weren’t there. You don’t know UA ops specs. There was a good report from someone inside WHQ that discussed what the crew reported. ...
Jump to postNot quite right - the assumption you've made there is that the 'typical business flight' load to IBZ has no checked luggage, so even if it's only 10 pax more than a normal load, you can assume that the normal business load's worth of pax would also be checking luggage on this trip, so the extra wei...
Jump to postHowever, a doctor on board saying divert should over rule a doctor on the ground saying carry on, sure AA will pass the buck here to the inflight medical service they use, but, come on, common sense says get this woman off the plane. We don't know enough about the doctor on board. Maybe he or she w...
Jump to postAC4023 will enter VCV for paint, and AC4032 will exit.
Jump to postLooks like this rumor won't die. The article brings up some interesting points, such as UA/B6 controlling 42% of the New York market, and UA/B6 would attempt to have EWR excluded from the traffic count in NY. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171013/ISSUE10/171019933/would-united-airlines-rea...
Jump to postAircraft 2368 is ferrying out of VCV to ORD as flt 2792 with a fresh paint job
Jump to postAircraft 3733 operating as UAL2787 is heading to AMA tonight and Aircraft 3722 is exiting as UAL2788.
Jump to postThe 777-300's may have a new N-Numbers: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry ... txt=N2331U Interesting turn of events... N58031 may become N2331U..... wonder if the Ship # will change as well? I would think the aircraft numbers would be 2331, 2332, etc. That would match the number system on the...
Jump to postThe 777-300's may have a new N-Numbers:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry ... txt=N2331U
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry ... txt=N2332U
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/deltal1011man" class="quote" target="_blank">deltal1011man</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i>So like I said, they are the l...
Jump to postThe American Aircraft may not be overwater equipped, and the Delta aircraft is. There is a pretty decent size chunk of the gulf that is not within 162nm of the shore. Going south from MSY will put you right inside that area.
[Edited 2016-05-28 06:05:04]
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Kngkyle" class="quote" target="_blank">Kngkyle</a> (<a href="#178" class="quote">Reply 178</a>):<br/><i>Step 1: 2017-2020 Build a new western te...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DCA-ROCguy" class="quote" target="_blank">DCA-ROCguy</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>Good for DOJ, doing its job. Airfare...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flylku" class="quote" target="_blank">flylku</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Talk about a double dose of bad luck. So, for ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/n797mx" class="quote" target="_blank">n797mx</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Looks like it landed 32R?</i></font></td></tr>...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/S75752" class="quote" target="_blank">S75752</a> (<a href="#26" class="quote">Reply 26</a>):<br/><i>First, let's establish the difference betwee...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/CIDFlyer" class="quote" target="_blank">CIDFlyer</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>What about Gulf Shores/Orange Beach...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/FlyHossD" class="quote" target="_blank">FlyHossD</a> (<a href="#71" class="quote">Reply 71</a>):<br/><i>The Max Landing Weight for a 737-900 (no...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jetblastdubai" class="quote" target="_blank">jetblastdubai</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>Why would <acronym title="United...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/NorthstarBoy" class="quote" target="_blank">NorthstarBoy</a> (<a href="#56" class="quote">Reply 56</a>):<br/><i>On the most basic level, I'm try...
Jump to postIt was in the Wall Street Journal as well, I just couldn't get the full story.
Jump to postBombardier has a new launch customer for the CSeries. Some positive news, that I think warrents its own thread: <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/bombardier-finds-new-launch-customer-for-cseries-commercial-aircraft" target="_blank">http://montrealgazette.com/business/...er-...
Jump to postSNA has a curfew at 2300 local, and can be extended until 2319 IIRC. The curfew is in place for noise abatement. <acronym title="New York - La Guardia (Glenn H Curtiss / North Beach / Municipal-La Guardia Field) (LGA / KLGA), USA - New York">LGA</acronym> also has a curfew in place starting at 0001 ...
Jump to postYou can go direct to points in between, but typically an airliner doesn't go direct from one airport to another. You usually stay on your filed route since it is either required, more efficient, or avoids weather. Usually on a quiet night ATC is pretty good about letting crews deviate from a require...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hiflyeras" class="quote" target="_blank">hiflyeras</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i> Not in the least? Uh...I think you're...
Jump to postBased on it being an Orlando based airline a possibility would be National Airlines (N8). That being said I don't think they have anything in the 150 seat range but, they due have passenger configured 757's
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flymia" class="quote" target="_blank">flymia</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>This I always wondered about. How common is it...
Jump to postA couple of airlines have already been operating under <acronym title="Fargo - Hector International (FAR / KFAR), USA - North Dakota">FAR</acronym> 117. From what I have seen the big problems are going to be with a lot of international departures. <acronym title="Fargo - Hector International (FAR / ...
Jump to postThe biggest concern I see with a twin engine aircraft the size of an A380 or 747 is ground clearence for the engines. I would think that due to the extra potential height it may add more weight, and complicate the landing gear.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/UA787DEN" class="quote" target="_blank">UA787DEN</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>And ATC doesn't detract from another fli...
Jump to postOther than more Airbusses, <acronym title="Frontier Airlines (USA)">F9</acronym> reall doesn't bring much to the table to US. <acronym title="Frontier Airlines (USA)">F9</acronym> seems to be heading down the ULCC path based on them serving ILG, and <acronym title="Trenton - Mercer County (TTN), USA...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BMI727" class="quote" target="_blank">BMI727</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> The 737 cargo doors...
Jump to postWith all the talk about what will replace 100 low lead for existing airplanes, do you guys think that airframe, and engine manufacturers start pushing diesel technology for new design aircraft? Also, do you guys see more manufacturers doing what Cessna did, and putting a diesel engine on an existing...
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